Sunday 17 October 2021

Napoleonic's: French Infantry Completed

No game this week but I do have some pictures of the completed infantry of France for Shakos & Bayonets. 
The plan is to complete the British infantry next so a game can be played and then work on the mounted troops for both sides afterwards.


I've painted up a decent amount of French infantry so that the commander has some options around their force composition. With 24 each of Grenadiers and Fusiliers they can go a more elite force or stick to the basic line infantry.


The dismounted Dragoons are essentially the same as Fusiliers but activate with a Cavalry card so should offer some operational flexibility on the table.


The Voltigeurs have been seen before but I've now painted up an 'Officer' with musket to lead them, he's got a horn to make sure he has their attention!



The rules specify that the leaders are Officers but at this level of combat I'd be happy to assume that anyone with sufficient force of will / personality could rally the men into action and lead them to death and / or glory. With this in mind I've painted up a drummer for the Fusiliers and a Sapper Sargent for the Grenadiers to act as Officers. The Voltigeurs have the bugler to lead them on the battlefield and inspire them to victory.


Officer models are about the same price as 3 or 4 regular infantry so you won't be fielding many of them in a force, but their range of influence isn't that large (6inch radius I think) so they will require careful placement on the battlefield.



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